Post books you've never heard someone mention online or off

>>7714555
Judging by the cover this book is complete and total garbage

>>7714559
Here's your reply

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I thought it was pretty good, nothing like Demons or Crime and Punishment, but I'm sure it's regarded as Dostoyevsky lite

>>7714555
Really? This is a pretty popular book.
>>7714559
Read it, it's really great.
>obligatory "book by its cover" remark

I don't know if this is the best translation...

>>7714555
>Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
nice trips :^)

>>7714627
This is basically required reading before you tackle Ulysses

>>7714555
This book talked about transexuals well over a decade before it became a tumblr/twitter fad, so it and Mr. Eugenides both get absolutely all of my respect

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>>7714555
This and pic

I know they're both "great books", but they seem somewhat irrelevant

>>7714630
Yeah. I don't know if I got a good edition/translation.

>>7714555
dope read. the rewound passage is some great writing

>>7714636
Relevant to what? You've been brainwashed by The Memes.

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>>7714555
I've been reading this series for a few years off and on, they use a lot of slang that might be used after 200 years of no proper education, which might turn some people away but for some reason I like them.

>>7714950
What do you mean? The prose is in lower language or the characters speak in sci-fi jive?

>>7714555
Read it when it first came out. Decent but nothing mind blowing.

>>7714555
Wt this book is popular. You wanna buy my first edition of it? Virgin suicides is the shit too. My gf recommended middlesex to me kek

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Stumbled on this using Goodreads recommendation engine, pretty interesting.

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The only time I've seen this mentioned was when I brought it up
I hardly ever see James Baldwin mentioned here in general

>>7716439
That's cuz it's gay